Favorites October 18th 2021
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Unfortunately nearly everyone in America seems maniacally obsessed with the fear that their neighbors are getting undeserved freebies of one sort or another...
David Roberts @drvolts
The idea that the child tax credit should have a work requirement -- that children's food & shelter should be contingent on Joe Manchin's judgment of their parents' choices -- is so facially repugnant to me that I hate sharing a species with the people who support it.
4:08 AM · Oct 18, 2021
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The marketing is all wrong, you've gotta call it something cooler than a tax credit, "freedom dividend" was excellent in my opinion.
Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler
This guy. Just buy out his sons of their stupid coal company already.
Erik Wasson @elwasson
MANCHIN tells reporters he doesn’t see much chance Biden economic agenda bill completed by Oct 31
7:48 PM · Oct 18, 2021
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More seriously, there was a convincing argument by Tabarrok today that buying a coal mine and leaving the coal in the ground is the way to go.
Dr. Jessie Christianstein 👩🏻🔬🧟♀️@aussiastronomer
9:09 PM · Oct 17, 2021
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Steve Troughton-Smith@stroughtonsmith
Apple’s not afraid to name their competitors this time: that’s an M1 Max with roughly equivalent GPU perf to an RTX 3080 Laptop edition. Apple effectively came out of nowhere with GPU performance competitive with Nvidia. Imagine how this could scale in a Mac Pro with a 1300W PSU
8:31 PM · Oct 18, 2021
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They also got rid of the touchbar, good riddance.
Robinson Meyer@yayitsrob
For context, the US power sector emits just under 3% of annual GHG pollution worldwide. Its carbon footprint exceeds the *global* aviation sector’s.
It’s easy to overstate the stakes of any one climate policy, but the speed that the US grid decarbonizes is unusually significant.
12:10 AM · Oct 19, 2021
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This comparison blew me away, a good reminder that focusing on US power sector continues to be worthwhile, even as it has become cleaner.
Tom Gauld@tomgauld
My latest cartoon for @newscientist
p.s. my new book: tomgauld.com/childrens-books
10:55 AM · Oct 18, 2021
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